MILK PROTEIN ALLERGY

It has 2 months almost that my baby is having blood in his stool. His ped thought its an allergy to dairy so i avoided all dairy , but still he has blood now I have started giving him nutramigen formula just to see if that helps and if he really allergic .My question is am i doing wrong by not giving him the breast milk or nutramigen has all the nutritions like bm.Please help m kind of getting guilty of not giving em the best thing but after alot trying i still cannot figure out what is he allergic to and thought switiching to formula might help!any advice will help!

It has 2 months almost that my baby is having blood in his stool. His ped thought its an allergy to dairy so i avoided all dairy , but still he has blood now I have started giving him nutramigen formula just to see if that helps and if he really allergic .My question is am i doing wrong by not giving him the breast milk or nutramigen has all the nutritions like bm.Please help m kind of getting guilty of not giving em the best thing but after alot trying i still cannot figure out what is he allergic to and thought switiching to formula might help!any advice will help!

My son has been on nutramigen since he was four weeks old. I originally tried breastfeeding but my milk never came :(. So we then put him on regular enfamil. Two weeks later blood showed up in his stool. Since then he has been on nutramigen and he is doing great. He is huge! 18 pounds and 27.5 inches long. Sleeps through the night. Has reached and exceeded all milestones. I truly understand your disappointment with not breastfeeding. But don't worry...your lo will be fine!

My son has been on nutramigen since he was four weeks old. I originally tried breastfeeding but my milk never came :(. So we then put him on regular enfamil. Two weeks later blood showed up in his stool. Since then he has been on nutramigen and he is doing great. He is huge! 18 pounds and 27.5 inches long. Sleeps through the night. Has reached and exceeded all milestones. I truly understand your disappointment with not breastfeeding. But don't worry...your lo will be fine!

My daughter had blood show up this week, at 20 weeks. She is EBF. I have stopped all dairy and soy, found some support, did lots of internet research on foods and hidden dairy, contacted a lactation consultant, got some formula to have on hand, and got my husband on board. I too have had and continue to have the same thought process as you. You have to decide what your comfortable with and works for you and your family. I was a formula fed baby and turned out just fine, as most do I assume! One of the deciding factors for me was the cost of the formula. My body has an established milk supply and I should be capable of eliminating dairy and soy and continue to be a vegetarian ( have been my whole life). I also made a short term goal- do this through cold/flu season then reevaluate. It's only been a few days and the transition has been super hard, but I want to continue to bf at this time. I work full time and have a 2 1/2 yr old, its been a long few days, but hope this work pays off. Good luck, I'm sure you will come to a conclusion that works for you soon.

My daughter had blood show up this week, at 20 weeks. She is EBF. I have stopped all dairy and soy, found some support, did lots of internet research on foods and hidden dairy, contacted a lactation consultant, got some formula to have on hand, and got my husband on board. I too have had and continue to have the same thought process as you. You have to decide what your comfortable with and works for you and your family. I was a formula fed baby and turned out just fine, as most do I assume! One of the deciding factors for me was the cost of the formula. My body has an established milk supply and I should be capable of eliminating dairy and soy and continue to be a vegetarian ( have been my whole life). I also made a short term goal- do this through cold/flu season then reevaluate. It's only been a few days and the transition has been super hard, but I want to continue to bf at this time. I work full time and have a 2 1/2 yr old, its been a long few days, but hope this work pays off. Good luck, I'm sure you will come to a conclusion that works for you soon.

I had the same problem early on and he's been on nutramigen it has helped so much and even more when we switched to the liquid (the powder has cornstarch in it and that seemed to bother him a little also) he can't do soy either and we also had to skip the rice and oatmeal he has a very sensitive digestive system so now we do do liquid formula and squash 3 x a day he will be 5 mo on the 8th and is doing great!!!! Good luck ;)

I had the same problem early on and he's been on nutramigen it has helped so much and even more when we switched to the liquid (the powder has cornstarch in it and that seemed to bother him a little also) he can't do soy either and we also had to skip the rice and oatmeal he has a very sensitive digestive system so now we do do liquid formula and squash 3 x a day he will be 5 mo on the 8th and is doing great!!!! Good luck ;)

there is a difference between a true milk protein allergy and milk protein sensitivity. if your baby is sensitive to milk then switching nutramagin or alimentum will probably help. if your baby has a true milk protein allergy then you will need to get on an amino acid based formula - no protein. nutramigen and alimentum all have milk protein in them-just smaller amounts than normal formula. even soy can be a problem because it still has protein in it and most of the time the baby is allergic to that too. if you want to continue breastfeeding, you need to cut all dairy out of your diet. it is in a ton of stuff. if that doesn't work, i would cut out soy too. if you want to do all formula, try nutramigen for 2 weeks to see if the blood goes away. if not, it's time for an amino acid formula. we went through all of this with our son. he is now on neocate. it's expensive. i would talk to your ped more about this. if they are unwilling to, you need to see a GI doctor.

there is a difference between a true milk protein allergy and milk protein sensitivity. if your baby is sensitive to milk then switching nutramagin or alimentum will probably help. if your baby has a true milk protein allergy then you will need to get on an amino acid based formula - no protein. nutramigen and alimentum all have milk protein in them-just smaller amounts than normal formula. even soy can be a problem because it still has protein in it and most of the time the baby is allergic to that too. if you want to continue breastfeeding, you need to cut all dairy out of your diet. it is in a ton of stuff. if that doesn't work, i would cut out soy too. if you want to do all formula, try nutramigen for 2 weeks to see if the blood goes away. if not, it's time for an amino acid formula. we went through all of this with our son. he is now on neocate. it's expensive. i would talk to your ped more about this. if they are unwilling to, you need to see a GI doctor.

DS had been on Alimentum since 7 weeks old. He screamed 12+ hours a day from about 3 weeks old until then (I EBF). He apparently has multiple allergies as I cut out dairy, hidden dairy, soy and gluten and he still was screaming. His poo isn't exactly normal still but he doesn't scream or have gas attacks like he did. Elecare is nearly twice as expensive as Alimentum so we didn't want to have to do that unless absolutely necessary.

DS had been on Alimentum since 7 weeks old. He screamed 12+ hours a day from about 3 weeks old until then (I EBF). He apparently has multiple allergies as I cut out dairy, hidden dairy, soy and gluten and he still was screaming. His poo isn't exactly normal still but he doesn't scream or have gas attacks like he did. Elecare is nearly twice as expensive as Alimentum so we didn't want to have to do that unless absolutely necessary.

I was off dairy for 4 weeks with no improvement. Then off soy too. 40% of dairy protein sensitive babies are also soy protein sensitive. It took 6 or 8 weeks (can't remember which) to get all the dairy and soy protein out of our systems. Things are much better. -not perfect, but vastly improved. LO is still ebf. God luck to you both!

I was off dairy for 4 weeks with no improvement. Then off soy too. 40% of dairy protein sensitive babies are also soy protein sensitive. It took 6 or 8 weeks (can't remember which) to get all the dairy and soy protein out of our systems. Things are much better. -not perfect, but vastly improved. LO is still ebf. God luck to you both!

It's been four days since I changed by diet and we have seen a change in dd. She smiles a lot more, lot less fussy, and overall a more pleasant demeanor. She didn't scream while in the nursery at church today :) I have been having a problem with supply for the past 2 days. I'm assuming it's because of the diet change. I have always drank lots of water, still eating rolled oats for breakfast and taking fenugreek. Going into the work week with this low of a supply is going to lead to dd getting more formula, for now. I spoke with my LC today, going to add brewers yeast. Can't bring myself to toss the freezer stash yet :(

It's been four days since I changed by diet and we have seen a change in dd. She smiles a lot more, lot less fussy, and overall a more pleasant demeanor. She didn't scream while in the nursery at church today :) I have been having a problem with supply for the past 2 days. I'm assuming it's because of the diet change. I have always drank lots of water, still eating rolled oats for breakfast and taking fenugreek. Going into the work week with this low of a supply is going to lead to dd getting more formula, for now. I spoke with my LC today, going to add brewers yeast. Can't bring myself to toss the freezer stash yet :(

Pump as frequently as you can if you aren't able to be with your lil one enough to nurse a lot. After all the effort you've put into her care, it would be a shame to further lose supply by supplementing more.

Pump as frequently as you can if you aren't able to be with your lil one enough to nurse a lot. After all the effort you've put into her care, it would be a shame to further lose supply by supplementing more.

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